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The R.O.D TV series continues from the Read or Die OVA, but takes place 6 years later. Characters from both Read or Die and Read or Dream are incorperated into the series.
Plot Summary: Japanese author Nenene Sumiregawa arrives in Hong Kong to promote her best-selling novel when an unknown attacker destroys her hotel room for no apparent reason. She's then offered to stay with three sisters - Michelle, Maggie and Anita - who run a small detective agency. The next day, Nenene is in the middle of an autograph session when the attacker shows himself and threatens her with a bomb. The sisters use their quick reflexes and abilities to subdue the attacker and save Nenene. What surprises Nenene is that these sisters are capable of controlling paper at their own will - an ability used by her longtime friend Yomiko "The Paper" Readman. From this point on, the "Paper Sisters" move to Japan and live with Nenene as her bodyguards.
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Shounen
Running time: 25 minutes
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage:
2003-09-01 to 2004-03-16 (Pay per view: Full Series)
2003-10-15 to 2004-03-18 (Reanimated TV Version: First 20 Eps Only)
Opening Theme:
"R.O.D" by YKZ (eps 2-25)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Moments in the Sun" by kazami with Home Grown (eps 1-20)
#2: "Confidence" by Rieko Miura (eps 21-26)
Lyrics - DVD Information
Japanese Staff
Director: Koji Masunari
Script: Hideyuki Kurata
Original Character Design: Taraku Uon
Character Design: Masashi Ishihama
Art director: Hiro Izumi
Director of Photography: Kazushige Nishida
Animation producer: Yuji Matsukura
Color design: Mayumi Tanahashi
Editing: Masaki Sakamoto
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Music Director: Takashi Kodama
Planning: Eiichi Kamagata
Producer: Koji Masunari, Tomonori Ochikoshi
Recording engineer: Yasushi Nagura
Sound director: Hiromi Kikuta
Sound Effects: Minoru Yamada
Theme Song Composition: Kazunori Fujimoto (ED)
Theme Song Performance: Kazami (ED), Rieko Miura (ED2), YKZ (OP)
Japanese Cast
Chiwa Saito as Anita King
Hiromi Hirata as Maggie Mui
Mitsuki Saiga as Junior
Rieko Miura as Yomiko "The Paper" Readman
Satsuki Yukino as Nenene Sumiregawa
Shoko Kikuchi as Michelle Cheung
Hozumi Goda as "Joker" Joe Carpenter
Masami Iwasaki as Drake Anderson
Michiko Neya as Nancy Makuhari
Mika Sakenobe as Wendy Earhart
Shinichiro Miki as Lee Lin-Ho
Taeko Kawata as Hisami Shiishi
Yukari Tamura as Haruhi Nishizono, Natsumi Nishizono
Ai Nonaka as Touko Shigno
Daisuke Ono as Editor-in-Chief
Eizou Tsuda as Detective
Eri Oono as Reporter, Waitress
Eri Saito as Announcer
Hironori Miyata as Storekeeper B
Isshin Chiba as Ryuji Kitayama
Kazuki Yao as Weber (Ep 5)
Masaharu Satou as Irving
Matsuo Matsuo as Richard
Naoki Izumi as President Cole
Nobuo Tobita as Criminal
Reiko Takagi as Akira Okabara
Risa Hayamizu as Cabin Attendant
Ryouka Shima as Chigusa Iwata
Ryoukichi Takahashi as Storekeeper C
Sayaka Aoki as Girl A (Ep 10)
Shigeru Ushiyama as Kim-san
Shinji Kawada as Young Storekeeper
Soichiro Shibata as Local Staff
Tadahisa Saizen as Storekeeper A
Takaya Kuroda as Sunny Wong
Takuma Suzuki as Move Company Employee
Tatsuyuki Ishimori as Principal Uchida
Yasuhiro Fujiwara as Master
Yugo Takahashi as Police Chief 1
Japanese Companies
3D CGI: Animo
Animation Production: J.C. Staff, Studio DEEN (OAV footage on ep 14)
Art Direction: Easter Yatsu Group
Broadcaster: Fuji TV, SKY PerfecTV!
Co-Production: Broccoli
In-Between Animation: AIC, Mook Animation, Oriental Light and Magic
Music Production: Antinos Records (OP), Sony Music Entertainment
Production: Aniplex, J.C. Staff, Sony Music Entertainment, Studio Orphee
Recording Facility: Studio Gong
English Staff
Executive producer: Hiroe Tsukamoto
English Cast
Kimberly Yates as Yomiko "Agent Paper" Readman
Amanda Winn Lee as Nancy Makuhari
Crispin Freeman as "Joker" Joe Carpenter
Jason Lee as Drake Anderson
Tricia Dickson as Wendy Earhart
English Companies
DVD Encoding: SpeeDVD
DVD Menus: Nightjar, LLC
Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.
Episode Titles
01. 紙は舞い降りた (...And the Paper Fluttered Down) [2003-09-01]
02. ダメ人間どもあつまれ (Hopeless People Unite)
03. 神保町で会いましょう (Let's Meet at Jinbocho)
04. 中1コース (Middle School Course)
05. やつらは騒いでいる (They're Making Noise)
06. ライトスタッフ (Write Stuff)
07. 藪の中 (Inside the Thicket)
08. 夜に惑わされて (Confused by the Night)
09. 闇の奥 (Heart of Darkness)
10. クリスマス・キャロル (Christmas Carol)
11. さよならにっぽん (Farewell Japan)
12. 紙々の黄昏 (The Paper's Twilight)
13. 続･紙々の黄昏 (The Paper's Twilight, Continued)
14. 紙葉の森 (The Forest of Paper Leaves)
15. 灰暗き地の底で (At the Bottom of a Gloomy Chasm)
16. 華氏四五一度 (Fahrenheit 451)
17. スイートホーム (Sweet Home) [2004-01-01]
18. 告白 (Confession) [2004-01-01]
19. 家族ゲーム (Family Game) [2004-02-01]
20. 悲しみよこんにちは (Hello Sorrow) [2004-02-01]
21. D.O.D -DREAM OR DIE- (D.O.D -DREAM OR DIE-) [2004-02-16]
22. 奪取 (Taking Back) [2004-02-16]
23. 嘘、そして沈黙 (Lies, Then Silence) [2004-03-01]
24. kimi ga boku wo shitteru (You Know Me) [2004-03-01]
25. Taishita Mondaijanai (Its Not a Big Problem) [2004-03-16]
26. それから (From There On) [2004-03-1]
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